The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-07-16

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take hold of this rope, then it will be
withdrawn, and il 1ou are drowned, it
will be your own fult.' That is Ar
minianism.'
"The divine sove<efgnty over all car
ries with it divina responsibility con-
cerning all and tllat responsibility is
equal to all the needs of all the beings
included in it and lowered by it.''
"The Divine Being has SO constituted
man that he will eFentually obey the
law of his highest ntture.''
1.-THE divine thou bt is not to justify
the divine adminisl ation but to save
the divine family.
"We have two simple plain PROPOSE
tions (1.) Man is 1pt by nature de-
praved being. and cor bequently deceased
infants do not need a be regenerated,
but simply to be subjected to such
system of education IS will result in the
development of hoy character. (2)
AS God saves SO Iany without any
choice on their pan but through
providential arrangement, it is morally
certain he will at last save all by means
of other providenthl arrangements
which are equally within the scope of
divine sovereignty.v3
"The kingdom of evil, though not
ordered directly, or Authorized by the
Supreme Governor, as yet been per-
mitted temporarily foE purpose"
"That which oughtito be, in the end,
will be, as sure as there is God"
''Be sure that the saints and angels
have something to do besides fondling
their crowns and singing hallelujahs in
heaven"
"Hell is not place Of torment bossed
by devils, but place Il discipline"
eff every act Of ma''s life were to be
set down as crime b be punished as
severely as men pu1Ish the worst of
crimes on earth, still fhere must come
a period when all these sentences would
be worked out, and justice would have
to let up on it's victimp
"What would be thought of father
who, to punish child for carelessly
burning itself, should compel it to go
on burning itself ?"
"Let us understand that saved soul
is Gods vindication."4
ga universal atonenIent calls for uni
versal salvation"
"The preponderancdof moral force
must in every case .h diyine, not sa-
tanic."
ga perfect training in a perfect state
of society will invariably transform a
babe into holy being"
III.
These sentences are no more than
statements. The argument was long
and exhaustive, both in Scripture and
reason. AS he neared the end he asked,
"What can be more natural or rational
than the belief that gospel agencies
were introduced simultaneously on
earth and in hades, and that the same
glorious work is being carried on in the
two realms ?" and then exclaims in
closing: "How glorious is the doctrinel
1t dispels the darkness of every grave
for Christ hath lain there, and his COM
ing forth signifies to us that we need
not be hopeless as to any of the dead.
They belong not to the devil, but to
him who has bought them with his life;
and in his own good time will he raise
them from the deepest, darkest tombs
Of evil, and lift them to the land of
light. The arch of hope springs over
every valley of death, where lie the vic
TINS Of sin; for however desperate
their state, however fallen their condi-
tion, yet they were in Christ's thought
and purpose on Calvary, and as surely
as he tasted death for every man. so
surely shall every man reap all the
benefits that were in the design of the
Father of all when he sent forth his
Son to be the brother and redeemer of
ALL"
This was the conclusion then reached.
For time it colored all his preaching.
When asked why he did not announce
so great change, he replied, 81 haven't
any desire to pose as theological mar
tyr. 1t would only create a disturb
ance, and disturbance isn't necessary
shall not go round it, neither shall
trundle it into my pulpit for sensa-
tion. can do more good by staying
where 1 am, and preaching the gospel
of love and repentance for sins, than 1
can by making church muss. des-
pise pulpit tragedians.
Yet he did not hold this extreme view.
There are almost if not quite insuper-
able difficulties in that doctrine. He
had suggested many of these in his own
arguments years before. He therefore
finally modified his belief on the sub
ject so as best to conform to all the
facts within reach. 1t was then as if a
vast orange grove, covered with luxuri-
ant profusion of bloom, should fail, by
one or two withered blossoms, to bring
forth fruit from every bud. 1t was as
if God, in creating the countless myri-
ads of worlds, should foresee that the